Research Catalog

Title

Lay epistemics and human knowledge : cognitive and motivational bases / Arie W. Kruglanski.

Author

Kruglanski, Arie W.

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, ©1989.

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Details

Description

xvii, 281 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Perspectives in social psychology

Uniform Title

Perspectives in social psychology.

Subject

• Social perception
• Knowledge, Sociology of
• Epistemics
• Attitude (Psychology)
• Cognition
• Motivation (Psychology)
• Attitude
• Cognition
• Motivation
• Social Perception
• sociology of knowledge
• cognition
• Epistemics
• Knowledge, Sociology of
• Social perception
• Alltagstheorie
• Erkenntnistheorie
• Soziale Wahrnehmung
• Wissenssoziologie
• Kennistheorie
• Sociale waarneming
• Attributie
• Attribution (Social psychology)
• Attribution (psychologie sociale)
• Psychologie sociale
• Sociologie de la connaissance
• Perception sociale
• Logique épistémique
• Psychologie cognitive

Note

• Includes indexes.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 247-267.

Contents

1. The Lay Epistemic Framework: Its History and Scope -- 2. Knowing All: A Theory of Lay Epistemics -- 3. Empirical Research in the Lay Epistemic Framework -- 4. Unique and Nonunique Aspects of Attributions -- 5. A Bridge to Consistency Theories -- 6. Attitudes as Knowledge Structures -- 7. Further Domains of Application: Social Comparison Processes and Minority-Influence Phenomena -- 8. The Issue of Accuracy in Social Perception and Cognition -- 9. Knowing How to Cure: Implications for Cognitive Therapy -- 10. The Social Psychology of Science: On the Lay Epistemic Underpinnings of Research Methodology -- References -- Author Index.

ISBN

• 0306430789
• 9780306430787

LCCN

89016057

OCLC

• ocm20012092
• 20012092
• SCSB-9586196

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library